Label.



PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907.

I G. E. HOWARD.

LABEL.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-29. 1905.

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GEORGE E. HOWARD, OF WASHINGTON. DISTRICT OF. COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE HOWARD LABEL COMPANY, OF WASHING- TON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

LABEL.

To all 107mm it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. HOWARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Labels, of which the following is aspecification.

M invention relates to an improvement in labe s.

Theobject is to provide an identificationlabel which will afford a means of advertising the jobber, which cannot be destro ed or efl'aced without disclosing the fact, t us preventing counterfeiting, the refilling of packages, and the substitution of inferior goods for those advertised for sale under adifferent label. In other Words, it is an object of the present invention to protect and advertise the first buyer of the goods.

With these objects in view-my invention consists in certain novel features of constructions and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are views of the opposite sides of one of these labels. Fig. 3 shows a package having one of the labels part1 removed, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a abel having its reverse surface coated with adhesive gelatin with the reverse printing thereon.

A represents the medium upon which the label subject-matter is ap lied. This me dium ma be of any suitable material and is prefera 1y opaque, and on its obverse surface the particular label subject-matter is imprinted, as shown in Fig. 1, in any color or colors or ink and special designing to suit the taste. On the reverse side, as shown in Fig. 2, the identical subject-matter is imprinted in reverse, or, in other Words, in position corresponding or approximately corresponding or m registr with the printing on the obverse side. This printing on the reverse side is in indelible transferable ink of any approved make, the function of which is to cause the reproduction or transfer of the label subject-matter u on the surface to which the label is app ied, the mucilage, paste, or other li uid used in causing it to adhere being snfliclent to effect this transfer.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 29, 1905. Serial No. 289,691.

Patented Jan. 15, 1907.

The adhesive material may be ap lied to the I surface to be labeled or to the abel itself,

and, as indicated in Fig. 4, my invention contemplates, if desired,'a gelatinous coating of adhesive material'on the reverse side, upon which the transferable subject-matter may be imprinted instead of being directly upon the medium A. This would be obviously another exemplification of the invention out lined throughout this entire application. In other Words, the imprint on the reverse side maybe directly upon the label or upon the gelatinous coating, as preferred.

In this way a label is provided which cannot be removed from the surface to which it is applied without leaving its imprint or a complete reproduction of the labe, no matter whether it is scraped off with a sharp instrument or washed from the surface. In fact, the more water applied to remove thc label the more distinct and indelible becomes the imprint left behind, so that an effect ual means is provided for reventing the practice of deception on tlie part of a second dealer upon the retail trade. To illustrate: It frequently happens that a department store by purchasing goods in very large quantities1nuch larger than the average jobber ever urchases at one time-is enabled to place t 1e goods thus purchased u on the market at a ,cost less than or cqua to the regular wholesale price, so that the jobber not infrequently has found it to his advantage to purchase the goods of a first buyer in order. to get the benefit of a reduced cost, because he can do so at a more advantageous price than he could purchase them from the wholesaler. Then by aflixing his own label he would sell the goods over his own counter under his own name. To do this he would remove the first purchasers label, if such purchaser considered it Worth while to attach one. By the use of my resent improved label this cannot be done, or when my label is once applied it cannot be removed without defacing the package or leaving an indelible trace upon it, and that is oneof the purposes of my lnvention. It affords a means of advertisement for the first buyer and an effectual means of identification of his establishment with the goods and protection against counterfeiting or the reselling under another name.

While I have set forth the essential features of the invention more or less indetail, it is understood that slight changes might be made without departing from the s int and S00 e of my invention, and hence do not wis to limit myself to the exact construction herein set forth; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A label comprising a medium having label subject-matter thereon corresponding in position and superimposed on its obverse an reverse sides, said subject-matter being roduced in reverse on the reverse side in indelible, transferable ink.

2. A- label comprising a medium having duplicate subject-matter on its two sides in registry with each other, the subject-matter on one side being in transferable ink.

3. A label comprising an opaque medium having the label subject-matter imprinted in or approximately in registry on its two sides, the rinting on one side being in transferable ink 4. A label printed in ordinary ink on one side and in'reverse in indelible transfer-ink on the opposite side, said transfer-ink adapted to leave its imprint upon the surface to which the label is applied and made to adhere by the-act of so attaching it.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEO. E. HOWARD.

Witnesses.

H. C. BARN'ARD, A. A. ALBERT. 

